Bradley’s legacy of hope...

The public opened their hearts to the plight of Bradley Lowery: His mum is hoping the youngster’s legacy will open doors to help other cancer sufferers.

And, as we reveal today, it’s a hope that is turning into a reality.

Gemma Lowery vowed to use her son’s story to fight for help to ease the suffering of children facing life-limiting conditions.

On the eve of what would have been Bradley’s seventh birthday, she was able to take her fight to the highest health office in politics.

Gemma met with Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to appeal for help in getting a potentially life-saving cancer treatment available on the NHS.

The noises coming from that meeting were positive, but only time will tell if they will have an impact.

While it will stick in the craw of those families with desperately ill children, it is the financial not the emotional that is calling the shots.

While the drug dinutuximab beta could prolong life compared to other treatments it has been rejected by the health body NICE which calls the shots on NHS spending.

Costing an average of £152,200, it is beyond the NICE threshold by many tens of thousands of pounds.

If NICE or Jeremy Hunt think this is the end of the matter, they had better think again.

The Bradley Lowery Foundation and its supporters are lobbying hard for this drug, and come armed with evidence that other nations are happy to use the drug to help children like Bradley.

The public opened their hearts to Bradley, Gemma is opening doors, we now sincerely hope for the sake of other poorly youngsters that the NHS opens its wallet to fund this treatment.